On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:05:38AM +0200, Tobias Klauser wrote:
> On 2014-07-28 at 09:58:12 +0200, Anil Belur <ask...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: Anil Belur <ask...@gmail.com>
> > 
> > - private_ioctl() the internally calls copy_{to,from}_user() and does
> >   not use '__user' while refrencing user space pointers.
> > - this patch passes __user annotation as a cast, when the pointer is
> >  being refernced.
> 
> Wouldn't it be better to annotate the data member in struct tagSCmdRequest
> with __user instead of introducing all these casts?

Don't ask rhetorical questions on email lists.  Just be blunt.

These casts are not the correct fix.

regards,
dan carpenter
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